Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He was later called the conscience of the Congress.
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
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Trump Steps Up His Assault on Biden With Many False Attacks
As he searches for a way to turn around his struggling candidacy, President Trump has intensified a tear-down operation aimed at Joe Biden with a dizzying barrage of attacks.
Washington State Beat Back Covid-19. Now It’s Rising Again.
Washington was the initial epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, and an early lockdown helped contain it. Six months later, cases are spiking again, and the future looks uncertain.
U.S. Rescinds Plan to Strip Visas From International Students in Online Classes
The Trump administration said it would no longer require foreign students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country.
Pittsburgh Seemed Like a Virus Success Story. Now Cases Are Surging.
Pittsburgh, a sister city to Wuhan, China, saw only modest cases for months. In the last two weeks, cases are suddenly soaring.
Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone
The president’s friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump.
President Trump’s Pardons: Stone, Blagojevich and More
The president’s decision to commute Mr. Stone’s sentence continues a pattern of his presidency: granting clemency to friends whose cases resonate with him personally.
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Nears 60,000 New Daily Cases
The country recorded its sixth single-day record in 10 days with almost 60,000 cases on Thursday. U.S. immigration officials have helped spread the virus, a Times investigation found.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Pushes for Schools to Reopen
The president’s push for a return to classrooms comes as the number of cases tops 3 million in the U.S. Some governments are backtracking on tracing apps.
Puerto Rico, Still Reeling From Old Disasters, Is Slammed by Covid-19
The island has had to weather a hurricane, a political crisis and earthquakes, but those crises did not lead to the widespread unemployment caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Novavax Gets $1.6 Billion for Coronavirus Vaccine From Operation Warp Speed
The Maryland-based company, which has never brought a product to market before, just made the biggest deal to date with the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed.
Reopening N.Y.C. Schools Safely: A Huge Challenge
The plan now emerging could have an enormous impact because the local economy may not fully recover until working parents can send children to school.
Live Coronavirus Updates: Federal Workers in the U.S. Return to Offices
The move could jeopardize progress in one of the few regions where the virus is declining: Washington. New data shows the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on Blacks and Latinos in the United States.
Our Cash-Free Future Is Getting Closer
The pandemic is propelling a shift toward a cashless society in ways that no other single event has. Experts say that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Trump Hosts July 4 Event at White House as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Soar
Hospitals in Houston near capacity. Iraq’s health care system is on the verge of breakdown. The Supreme Court rejected Illinois Republicans’ request to hold big political gatherings.
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